The Rain

Coming from Washington I thought I could handle rain.  I guess i was wrong.  Let me tell you that if you get caught in the rain of São Paulo you'll take a sure beating.  In the Northweset of the U.S there's always a little bit of rain, it's always damp, and it seems like rain is your reliable best friend.  It comes to all of your beach side parties, jealously pushes away the sun and unless you're unlucky you can count on it to be with you through four seasons of the year.  However, in São Paulo it works a little bit differently.  You could say that the rain is slightly split personality.  One second it will be all sunny and then suddenly you'll here a lighting hitting and the rain will start to pour down really hard (There are some pretty amazing lightning storms on a consistent basis here!). The rain here comes down much heavier so don't expect to stay dry very long if you're running to get to wherever you need to get to.  You're best bet is to wait it out or buy an umbrella and hope it doesn't break!